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Matilda, Countess of Boulogne

Matilda, Countess of Boulogne

Female Abt 1105 - 1151  (46 years)

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    Matilda of Boulogne

  • Name Matilda  
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth Abt 1105  County of Boulogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Title(s) 1125 (Age 20)  [3
    Crowned 22 Mar 1136 (Age 31)  Westminster Abbey, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Military 1141 (Age 36)  [9
    Death 3 May 1151  Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10
    • She died of a fever. [9]
    Burial —  Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7, 9
    • Her tomb was destroyed during the Reformation. [7]
    Person ID I3322  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 15 May 2023 

    Father Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Lens,   b. Abt 1058   d. After 1125 (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Mary, Princess of Scotland   d. 31 May 1116 
    Marriage 1102 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 44 years - She : ??. 
    Family ID F2718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen of Blois, King of England ,   b. 1095/96, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1154, Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 1125  Westminster Abbey, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 7, 8
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 20 years - He : ~ 29 years. 
    Children 
     1. Baldwin de Boulogne
    +2. Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne,   b. Abt 1129   d. 10 Aug 1153 (Age 24 years)
     3. Sir William FitzRoy, Count of Boulogne and Mortain ,   b. Abt 1135   d. Oct 1159, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     4. Matilda,   b. Abt 1133   d. Abt 1135, Tower of London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    +5. Mary of Blois, Princess of England,   b. Abt 1131, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1180 (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F2446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Death: Stuart (2002) gives her death as 3 July 1151 in Faversham, England. [6]

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1105 - County of Boulogne, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1125 - Westminster Abbey, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Mary of Blois, Princess of England - Abt 1131 - Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCrowned - 22 Mar 1136 - Westminster Abbey, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 May 1151 - Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - — - Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S1939] Cannon, John. Oxford: The Kings and Queens of Britain, (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001).

    2. [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).

    3. [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019).

    4. [S1940] Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, (Lanham, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2011).

    5. [S1941] Soud, David. Kings & Queens of Great Britain, (San Diego, California: Thunder Bay Press, 2017).

    6. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).

    7. [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989).

    8. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    9. [S304] Wikipedia, Matilda of Boulogne.

    10. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).